Senior Python Developer Jobs

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 720 919
Rank change year-on-year -23 +199 -179
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 69 62 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.10% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.10% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 52 57 161
10th Percentile - £53,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £66,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £94,063 £85,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £124,000 £126,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% +7.69% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 76,702 59,107 140,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.57% 95.78% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 41,341 42,985 80,365
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,295 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £43,750 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +7.60%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Python Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Python Developer.

Salary trend for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 4 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -13 68 £65,000 -13.33% 21
Work from Home +42 47 £80,000 +6.67% 20
London +30 44 £62,000 -24.39% 12
UK excluding London -49 24 £77,500 +10.71% 15
South East -40 10 £66,250 -11.67% 8
North West - 10 £80,000 - 1
North of England - 10 £80,000 - 1
South West -6 3 £62,500 - 1
East of England -38 1 - - 3

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 October 2024, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 69 (100.00%) Python
2 37 (53.62%) AWS
3 24 (34.78%) JavaScript
4 22 (31.88%) Agile
4 22 (31.88%) Django
5 21 (30.43%) Git
6 20 (28.99%) Azure
6 20 (28.99%) SQL
6 20 (28.99%) TypeScript
7 19 (27.54%) Linux
7 19 (27.54%) Games
8 18 (26.09%) Software Engineering
8 18 (26.09%) Serverless
9 17 (24.64%) React
10 16 (23.19%) Asynchronous Programming
10 16 (23.19%) MySQL
11 15 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
12 14 (20.29%) Finance
12 14 (20.29%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (20.29%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (20.29%) DevOps
13 13 (18.84%) Docker
13 13 (18.84%) AngularJS
13 13 (18.84%) Asset Management
14 12 (17.39%) Banking
15 11 (15.94%) Security Cleared
15 11 (15.94%) Front Office
16 10 (14.49%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (14.49%) AWS Step Functions
16 10 (14.49%) Fixed Income

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 37 (53.62%) AWS
2 20 (28.99%) Azure
3 18 (26.09%) Serverless
4 14 (20.29%) Amazon SQS
4 14 (20.29%) AWS Lambda
5 10 (14.49%) Amazon ECS
5 10 (14.49%) AWS Step Functions
6 4 (5.80%) Amazon S3
6 4 (5.80%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (5.80%) Azure Functions
6 4 (5.80%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (2.90%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.90%) GCP
8 1 (1.45%) Firebolt
8 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (23.19%) MySQL
2 7 (10.14%) NoSQL
3 6 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 4 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (4.35%) RDBMS
5 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.45%) Power BI
6 1 (1.45%) Redis
6 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (30.43%) Git
2 7 (10.14%) GitLab
General
1 19 (27.54%) Games
2 14 (20.29%) Finance
3 12 (17.39%) Banking
4 11 (15.94%) Front Office
5 10 (14.49%) Investment Banking
6 7 (10.14%) Social Skills
7 6 (8.70%) Marketing
8 4 (5.80%) Law
8 4 (5.80%) Publishing
8 4 (5.80%) Tech for Good
9 2 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (31.88%) Django
2 17 (24.64%) React
3 13 (18.84%) AngularJS
4 10 (14.49%) Lambda Expressions
5 8 (11.59%) RESTful
6 5 (7.25%) FastAPI
6 5 (7.25%) Flask
6 5 (7.25%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (5.80%) SQLAlchemy
8 3 (4.35%) Celery
8 3 (4.35%) Kafka
8 3 (4.35%) NumPy
8 3 (4.35%) Pandas
9 2 (2.90%) ZeroMQ
10 1 (1.45%) CSS
10 1 (1.45%) HTML
10 1 (1.45%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 1 (1.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Derivative
1 10 (14.49%) Equities
1 10 (14.49%) Fixed Income
1 10 (14.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 10 (14.49%) Hedge funds
2 8 (11.59%) Algorithms
3 6 (8.70%) Private Cloud
4 4 (5.80%) Data Structures
4 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (27.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.88%) Agile
2 18 (26.09%) Software Engineering
3 16 (23.19%) Asynchronous Programming
4 15 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
5 14 (20.29%) DevOps
6 13 (18.84%) Asset Management
7 9 (13.04%) Microservices
8 8 (11.59%) Machine Learning
8 8 (11.59%) TDD
9 7 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (10.14%) CI/CD
9 7 (10.14%) Code Quality
9 7 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.14%) Fintech
10 6 (8.70%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (8.70%) Open Source
10 6 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (7.25%) Front End Development
11 5 (7.25%) OOP
11 5 (7.25%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 69 (100.00%) Python
2 24 (34.78%) JavaScript
3 20 (28.99%) SQL
3 20 (28.99%) TypeScript
4 10 (14.49%) Java
5 3 (4.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) Degree
4 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 13 (18.84%) Docker
2 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Kubernetes
1 7 (10.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft
1 4 (5.80%) OpenAI
2 2 (2.90%) Google
3 1 (1.45%) NVIDIA